East division preview: six teams, one honest contender, five convincing liars
Booz Cruz, Trust LeProcess, 3RINGZ PAPITO FC, ND 3hunnid, REC It Ralphs! and Crashout Billy — sorted by how much we believe them.
3RINGZ PAPITO FC is the floor and the ceiling of this division. Three titles is three more than four of his division rivals have combined, and Greiner's roster still runs through premium weekly production rather than depth bets. If the East is decided by tiebreaker, it will be because someone finally took a game off him in October.
REC It Ralphs! is the most interesting room in the division. M. Rector's 2020 title was built on in-season aggression — he was the first owner to move a pick for a starter both years he made a deep run — and there is no evidence he has changed temperament. Expect him to be involved in the first real trade of the year.
Trust LeProcess is exactly what the name promises: R. Stallworth has been accumulating rather than competing, and the draft order finally rewarded it. The question the Gazette keeps asking him is when the process ends and the roster starts. He keeps answering 'next year.' At some point next year is this year.
ND 3hunnid and Crashout Billy occupy the division's volatility slots. Noor Davis drafts for upside and lives with the weekly variance; R. Pippens plays the waiver wire harder than anyone in the league and will finish the season having rostered a third of the available player pool.
Booz Cruz remains the division's loudest room and its emptiest trophy case. Nwafor's roster is real. His timing has never been.